Near the entrance to the New World, at the former Navy Headquarters G-3 base.
Now that the Navy's upper ranks had betrayed the World Government, this former G-series base's establishment had also been erased.
After all, the Vice Admiral stationed there had fled with his subordinates at the first sign of trouble, leaving behind only this empty base and a small number of Navy soldiers unwilling to leave.
By now, the base had almost been abandoned.
Fortunately, the World Government had not forgotten it in the end. Someone remembered its existence and happened to designate it as a gathering point.
Over this period, people had arrived here one after another under CP0's guidance.
Every one of them was a renowned figure on the seas.
"Oh! Hawk Eyes Juraquille Mihawk, Empress of Pirates Boa Hancock, and Gecko Moria. The remaining Shichibukai have all arrived!"
In the empty base's main hall, a skinny, ugly woman, twig-like in appearance, cautiously hid behind her brother and peered at the other figures in the hall, exclaiming in amazement.
"Hehihihihi, I never expected a man like you to come as well."
Gecko Moria grinned at the man standing before the woman.
His dark red hair was cut short. His black leather jacket exposed his powerful arm and chest muscles, while his indifferent eyes and the prominent stitch marks at the corners of his mouth stood out.
His name was Charlotte Katakuri. Once, his most widely known identity had been as the Charlotte Family's greatest creation, the son Charlotte Linlin, Emperor of the Sea, had been most proud of, and the foremost of the Sweet Commanders.
But now, after launching a rebellious attack against his mother, he had seized the Emperor's title and become a formidable Emperor of the Sea in his own right.
Without question, he